The Bay, with Aberg, Lowry and Wyndham Clark, crushed New York 9-2 in the 15-hole match, but this was about players trash-talking, fans counting down the shot clock and a hole in which the golfers had ...

The indoor golf league, headed up by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, got off to a rousing start - even with the mismatch between The Bay and New York.

A close confidante of European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has suggested the American pay-for-play dispute may play into their hands at Bethpage Black.